Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA

Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer.


Thomas G Foley
4 Stoneham Rd
Worcester, MA 01604-3430
(508) 753-0449

http://www.telegram.com/article/2009...MN01/906230364

Dianne Williamson




Lisa Tuttle?s cat had just given birth to a litter when the man came
walking down Dupuis Avenue with his dog.

Ms. Tuttle suspects that the otherwise-docile feline was feeling
territorial when she spotted the Irish setter, which is why it ran
toward the dog June 14 and tried to attack it.

The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The
cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called
Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and
that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway.

?He told me that he might have to get a series of rabies shots, and that
they cost a lot of money,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He said he was going to see
his doctor. He kept talking about money. I told him I was sorry, but
that the cat was probably being protective of her babies. The
conversation ended with nothing bad.?

She never heard from him again until Friday, when the man returned with
his dog to Dupuis Avenue. And, in front of at least one adult and four
horrified children who had been playing on the quiet dead-end street, he
proceeded to beat the cat to death with a stick, according to witnesses.

?My 7-year-old came in crying and screaming, ?The man killed Lily, the
man killed Lily!? ? recounted a tearful Ms. Tuttle. ?I ran outside and
found Lily in the street, lying in a pool of blood.?

Mary Pepper, who lives across the street from Ms. Tuttle, said she
opened her window when she heard children screaming outside.

?He beat the cat with a stick until the stick broke,? said Ms. Pepper.
?He kept yelling, ?Whose cat is this? Whose cat is this?? There was a
lot of blood. He was enraged. And the kids were all watching, absolutely
horrified. I was shouting out the window, ?What do you think you?re
doing?? It was very scary.?

The man, Thomas Foley of Stoneham Road, called police after he killed
the cat and told officers that he was acting in self-defense.

?He said the cat came after him again, so he hit the cat with the stick
to protect himself,? said Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst, reading from the police
report.

Lily, a black and white 1-year-old, weighed seven pounds.

Ms. Pepper said the cat was typically calm and friendly and a favorite
of neighborhood children.

After Mr. Foley killed the cat, he began to walk home. Ms. Tuttle
acknowledged that she jumped in her car, caught up with Mr. Foley and
punched him in the face. According to the police report, Mr. Foley
declined to pursue assault charges.

?He just walked off like it was nothing,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He came with
the deliberate intention of killing my cat. He doesn?t even live on this
street.?

Stoneham Road is one street away from Dupuis, which is off Massasoit
Road.

Ms. Tuttle didn?t know Mr. Foley?s name when she went to the police
station yesterday to get a copy of the police report. A clerk refused to
provide it and said it would be mailed. Ms. Tuttle went to the
courthouse and tried to get a restraining order but failed, because she
has no relationship with Mr. Foley. She said she?s contacted several
animal rights groups and plans to file an application for a criminal
complaint.

?I can?t let this go,? said Ms. Tuttle, who buried Lily in the backyard.
?I close my eyes at night and see my cat lying in a pool of blood. My
daughter is afraid to go outside and play. I can?t believe he did that
in front of my kids. It was so malicious. I don?t want this man to get
away with this. It?s not right.?

Mr. Foley did not return messages left yesterday on his answering
machine and with a man who answered the phone and identified himself as
Mr. Foley?s son.

Sgt. Hazelhurst said he didn?t anticipate that police would file charges
against either party.

?His defense will be that he was defending himself and that it happened
before,? Sgt. Hazelhurst said. ?It will be up to the courts.?

I am totally sickened to have read this. I hope he IS punished, and
severely.

Sharon

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer.


Thomas G Foley
4 Stoneham Rd
Worcester, MA 01604-3430
(508) 753-0449

http://www.telegram.com/article/2009...MN01/906230364

Dianne Williamson




Lisa Tuttle?s cat had just given birth to a litter when the man came
walking down Dupuis Avenue with his dog.

Ms. Tuttle suspects that the otherwise-docile feline was feeling
territorial when she spotted the Irish setter, which is why it ran
toward the dog June 14 and tried to attack it.

The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The
cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called
Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and
that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway.

?He told me that he might have to get a series of rabies shots, and that
they cost a lot of money,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He said he was going to see
his doctor. He kept talking about money. I told him I was sorry, but
that the cat was probably being protective of her babies. The
conversation ended with nothing bad.?

She never heard from him again until Friday, when the man returned with
his dog to Dupuis Avenue. And, in front of at least one adult and four
horrified children who had been playing on the quiet dead-end street, he
proceeded to beat the cat to death with a stick, according to witnesses.

?My 7-year-old came in crying and screaming, ?The man killed Lily, the
man killed Lily!? ? recounted a tearful Ms. Tuttle. ?I ran outside and
found Lily in the street, lying in a pool of blood.?

Mary Pepper, who lives across the street from Ms. Tuttle, said she
opened her window when she heard children screaming outside.

?He beat the cat with a stick until the stick broke,? said Ms. Pepper.
?He kept yelling, ?Whose cat is this? Whose cat is this?? There was a
lot of blood. He was enraged. And the kids were all watching, absolutely
horrified. I was shouting out the window, ?What do you think you?re
doing?? It was very scary.?

The man, Thomas Foley of Stoneham Road, called police after he killed
the cat and told officers that he was acting in self-defense.

?He said the cat came after him again, so he hit the cat with the stick
to protect himself,? said Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst, reading from the police
report.

Lily, a black and white 1-year-old, weighed seven pounds.

Ms. Pepper said the cat was typically calm and friendly and a favorite
of neighborhood children.

After Mr. Foley killed the cat, he began to walk home. Ms. Tuttle
acknowledged that she jumped in her car, caught up with Mr. Foley and
punched him in the face. According to the police report, Mr. Foley
declined to pursue assault charges.

?He just walked off like it was nothing,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He came with
the deliberate intention of killing my cat. He doesn?t even live on this
street.?

Stoneham Road is one street away from Dupuis, which is off Massasoit
Road.

Ms. Tuttle didn?t know Mr. Foley?s name when she went to the police
station yesterday to get a copy of the police report. A clerk refused to
provide it and said it would be mailed. Ms. Tuttle went to the
courthouse and tried to get a restraining order but failed, because she
has no relationship with Mr. Foley. She said she?s contacted several
animal rights groups and plans to file an application for a criminal
complaint.

?I can?t let this go,? said Ms. Tuttle, who buried Lily in the backyard.
?I close my eyes at night and see my cat lying in a pool of blood. My
daughter is afraid to go outside and play. I can?t believe he did that
in front of my kids. It was so malicious. I don?t want this man to get
away with this. It?s not right.?

Mr. Foley did not return messages left yesterday on his answering
machine and with a man who answered the phone and identified himself as
Mr. Foley?s son.

Sgt. Hazelhurst said he didn?t anticipate that police would file charges
against either party.

?His defense will be that he was defending himself and that it happened
before,? Sgt. Hazelhurst said. ?It will be up to the courts.?

Ron wrote in -
access.com:

The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The
cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called
Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and
that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway.

Suppose the cat had been a pit bull. Would the response to the killing be
the same?

My cat's pretty tiny, but she scares the hell out of me when she's ****ed.
Even a small animal can be dangerous.

Just as a pretty girl shouldn't get special dispensation for a traffic
ticket, a cute animal shouldn't get special treatment when threatening
strangers.

Ron wrote in news:MPG.24abb048d5646d04989687
@america.usenet-access.com:

Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer.


Thomas G Foley
4 Stoneham Rd
Worcester, MA 01604-3430
(508) 753-0449




Foley is employed at

College of the Holy Cross as a public safety officer.


Thomas Foley, Lieutenant
Assistant Director of Public Safety
Operations and Traffic
Email:


As the assistant director it is 99% likely he is a former police officer.
He is connected to the Worchester police in a number of ways. There is
little doubt in my mind if a 20 year old kid did this he would be in jail
but when a former cop and father of a cop and campus cop (high up campus
cop) does this he is not even charged with anything and the police
spokespig (oopse) defends the creep.

Cops protect their own, simple fact.

If I had a child at Holy Cross I would have a lot of questions about the
man charged with their safety.

ScratchMonkey wrote in
:

Ron wrote in
- access.com:

The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs.
The cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also
called Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had
rabies and that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple
scratch, anyway.

Suppose the cat had been a pit bull. Would the response to the killing
be the same?

My cat's pretty tiny, but she scares the hell out of me when she's
****ed. Even a small animal can be dangerous.

Just as a pretty girl shouldn't get special dispensation for a traffic
ticket, a cute animal shouldn't get special treatment when threatening
strangers.




I think you misssed the point. The killing was a second visit and there
was no evidence the man was attacked a second time. Certainly the police
did not seem to even investigate any story other than the one from the
former cop - cop's father - current college public safety office.

"Sharon & Smudgie" wrote in news:
:

I am totally sickened to have read this. I hope he IS punished, and
severely.

Sharon



First he would need to be charged with something which he has not.

On Jun 24, 3:07*pm, outsider wrote:
"Sharon & Smudgie" wrote in news:
:

I am totally sickened to have read this. *I hope he IS punished, and
severely.

Sharon

First he would need to be charged with something which he has not.

One can be punished without being charged. There is recourse for those
without legal recourse.

--
Will in New Haven

Will in New Haven wrote in news:83833339-
:

On Jun 24, 3:07*pm, outsider wrote:
"Sharon & Smudgie" wrote in news:
:

I am totally sickened to have read this. *I hope he IS punished, and
severely.

Sharon

First he would need to be charged with something which he has not.

One can be punished without being charged. There is recourse for those
without legal recourse.

--
Will in New Haven




Very good point; I stand corrected.

Andy

On Jun 24, 4:39*am, Ron wrote:
Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer.

Thomas G Foley
4 Stoneham Rd
Worcester, MA 01604-3430
(508) 753-0449

http://www.telegram.com/article/2009...MN01/906230364

Dianne Williamson


Lisa Tuttle?s cat had just given birth to a litter when the man came
walking down Dupuis Avenue with his dog.

Ms. Tuttle suspects that the otherwise-docile feline was feeling
territorial when she spotted the Irish setter, which is why it ran
toward the dog June 14 and tried to attack it.

The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The
cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called
Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and
that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway.

?He told me that he might have to get a series of rabies shots, and that
they cost a lot of money,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He said he was going to see
his doctor. He kept talking about money. I told him I was sorry, but
that the cat was probably being protective of her babies. The
conversation ended with nothing bad.?

She never heard from him again until Friday, when the man returned with
his dog to Dupuis Avenue. And, in front of at least one adult and four
horrified children who had been playing on the quiet dead-end street, he
proceeded to beat the cat to death with a stick, according to witnesses.

?My 7-year-old came in crying and screaming, ?The man killed Lily, the
man killed Lily!? ? recounted a tearful Ms. Tuttle. ?I ran outside and
found Lily in the street, lying in a pool of blood.?

Mary Pepper, who lives across the street from Ms. Tuttle, said she
opened her window when she heard children screaming outside.

?He beat the cat with a stick until the stick broke,? said Ms. Pepper.
?He kept yelling, ?Whose cat is this? Whose cat is this?? There was a
lot of blood. He was enraged. And the kids were all watching, absolutely
horrified. I was shouting out the window, ?What do you think you?re
doing?? It was very scary.?

The man, Thomas Foley of Stoneham Road, called police after he killed
the cat and told officers that he was acting in self-defense.

?He said the cat came after him again, so he hit the cat with the stick
to protect himself,? said Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst, reading from the police
report.

Lily, a black and white 1-year-old, weighed seven pounds.

Ms. Pepper said the cat was typically calm and friendly and a favorite
of neighborhood children.

After Mr. Foley killed the cat, he began to walk home. Ms. Tuttle
acknowledged that she jumped in her car, caught up with Mr. Foley and
punched him in the face. According to the police report, Mr. Foley
declined to pursue assault charges.

?He just walked off like it was nothing,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He came with
the deliberate intention of killing my cat. He doesn?t even live on this
street.?

Stoneham Road is one street away from Dupuis, which is off Massasoit
Road.

Ms. Tuttle didn?t know Mr. Foley?s name when she went to the police
station yesterday to get a copy of the police report. A clerk refused to
provide it and said it would be mailed. Ms. Tuttle went to the
courthouse and tried to get a restraining order but failed, because she
has no relationship with Mr. Foley. She said she?s contacted several
animal rights groups and plans to file an application for a criminal
complaint.

?I can?t let this go,? said Ms. Tuttle, who buried Lily in the backyard.
?I close my eyes at night and see my cat lying in a pool of blood. My
daughter is afraid to go outside and play. I can?t believe he did that
in front of my kids. It was so malicious. I don?t want this man to get
away with this. It?s not right.?

Mr. Foley did not return messages left yesterday on his answering
machine and with a man who answered the phone and identified himself as
Mr. Foley?s son.

Sgt. Hazelhurst said he didn?t anticipate that police would file charges
against either party.

?His defense will be that he was defending himself and that it happened
before,? Sgt. Hazelhurst said. ?It will be up to the courts.?

I wrote a comment to the paper.

I would preface my remarks by saying it is always possible that an
incident is faked and that everything we have read about it is false.
I am basing my comments on everything we have read being true, thus I
realize I might be wrong. Mr. Foley's act is an inexcusable deed of
cowardice and malice. The fact that he has relatives on the job makes
it all the more shameful and much more likely that he will get away
with it. That Lilly's distraught owner ran him down and punched him is
understandable. When you don't have legal recourse you take what you
can get. Someone pointed out, in his defense, that he didn't
retaliate. They were missing the reason. She didn't weigh only seven
pounds. He was too scared.

--
If he feels insulted by this, he can look me up. I'm easy enough to
find.

--
Will in New Haven

On Jun 24, 4:39*am, Ron wrote:
Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer.

Thomas G Foley
4 Stoneham Rd
Worcester, MA 01604-3430
(508) 753-0449

http://www.telegram.com/article/2009...MN01/906230364

Dianne Williamson


Lisa Tuttle?s cat had just given birth to a litter when the man came
walking down Dupuis Avenue with his dog.

Ms. Tuttle suspects that the otherwise-docile feline was feeling
territorial when she spotted the Irish setter, which is why it ran
toward the dog June 14 and tried to attack it.

The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The
cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called
Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and
that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway.

?He told me that he might have to get a series of rabies shots, and that
they cost a lot of money,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He said he was going to see
his doctor. He kept talking about money. I told him I was sorry, but
that the cat was probably being protective of her babies. The
conversation ended with nothing bad.?

She never heard from him again until Friday, when the man returned with
his dog to Dupuis Avenue. And, in front of at least one adult and four
horrified children who had been playing on the quiet dead-end street, he
proceeded to beat the cat to death with a stick, according to witnesses.

?My 7-year-old came in crying and screaming, ?The man killed Lily, the
man killed Lily!? ? recounted a tearful Ms. Tuttle. ?I ran outside and
found Lily in the street, lying in a pool of blood.?

Mary Pepper, who lives across the street from Ms. Tuttle, said she
opened her window when she heard children screaming outside.

?He beat the cat with a stick until the stick broke,? said Ms. Pepper.
?He kept yelling, ?Whose cat is this? Whose cat is this?? There was a
lot of blood. He was enraged. And the kids were all watching, absolutely
horrified. I was shouting out the window, ?What do you think you?re
doing?? It was very scary.?

The man, Thomas Foley of Stoneham Road, called police after he killed
the cat and told officers that he was acting in self-defense.

?He said the cat came after him again, so he hit the cat with the stick
to protect himself,? said Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst, reading from the police
report.

Lily, a black and white 1-year-old, weighed seven pounds.

Ms. Pepper said the cat was typically calm and friendly and a favorite
of neighborhood children.

After Mr. Foley killed the cat, he began to walk home. Ms. Tuttle
acknowledged that she jumped in her car, caught up with Mr. Foley and
punched him in the face. According to the police report, Mr. Foley
declined to pursue assault charges.

?He just walked off like it was nothing,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He came with
the deliberate intention of killing my cat. He doesn?t even live on this
street.?

Stoneham Road is one street away from Dupuis, which is off Massasoit
Road.

Ms. Tuttle didn?t know Mr. Foley?s name when she went to the police
station yesterday to get a copy of the police report. A clerk refused to
provide it and said it would be mailed. Ms. Tuttle went to the
courthouse and tried to get a restraining order but failed, because she
has no relationship with Mr. Foley. She said she?s contacted several
animal rights groups and plans to file an application for a criminal
complaint.

?I can?t let this go,? said Ms. Tuttle, who buried Lily in the backyard.
?I close my eyes at night and see my cat lying in a pool of blood. My
daughter is afraid to go outside and play. I can?t believe he did that
in front of my kids. It was so malicious. I don?t want this man to get
away with this. It?s not right.?

Mr. Foley did not return messages left yesterday on his answering
machine and with a man who answered the phone and identified himself as
Mr. Foley?s son.

Sgt. Hazelhurst said he didn?t anticipate that police would file charges
against either party.

?His defense will be that he was defending himself and that it happened
before,? Sgt. Hazelhurst said. ?It will be up to the courts.?

Purrs and prayers go out to the family and I hope the trip to the
bridge is safe. More purrs and prayers for the kittens - are they
safe - did they survive?

The attachment is from Columbus, Ohio where a 12 year veteran of the
Columbus Fire Department slaughtered his own dogs because he was going
on a cruise and didn't want to pay for boarding them. Read how he
killed them - this man is still employed by The City of
Columbus!!!!!!!!!!!!! We've got to do something to punish people for
slaughtering our babies.
If you see or start a petition, I will sign it.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT

There is a front page article in the Columbus Dispatch - www.dispatch.com
and you can comment at Dispatch.com

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BigBoy, Princess, Mr. Boots, Ms. Tigger, Sugar and Spice, Ms. Blue
Belle and Cheddar